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What being mortal is about. A mayfly does it all in 24 hours. Imagine that's all you had.

Inspired by David Ive’s one act play “Mere Mortals."

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Mere Mortals

When you’re a mere mortal you often complain
Just how fast time can go by
But can you imagine how it must be
When you’re a lowly Mayfly
You’re born in the morning, by noon you’re a teen
By five you’re an adult you see what we mean
You spend the night mating, then laying eggs
Only to discover by morning you’re dead

Twenty four hours, twenty four hours
Mating and mating, and meeting and mating
Meeting and mating and then laying eggs,
Meeting and mating, meeting and mating
Meeting and mating and then you are dead.

We are mere mortals
And we won’t live forever
We are mere mortals
Prawns in a bigger game
We are mere mortals
Trying to make our way
Knowing that today might be our
Last day.

You might wake up one morning
To find everything has changed
What you thought was set in stone
Has all been rearranged
So you pray to Jesus, maybe Krishna
Buddha is good too,
And hope that somehow in the end it
All makes sense to you.

We are mere mortals
And we won’t live forever
We are mere mortals
Prawns in a bigger game
We are mere mortals
Trying to make our way
Knowing that today might be our
Last day.

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from Edge of the World, released March 20, 2008
Music and Lyrics by Maggie McKaig

Maggie McKaig--lead vocal, guitar
Luke Wilson--harmony vocals, tenor guitar
Murray Campbell--harmony vocals, violin
Michael Zisman--electric bass guitar

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Maggie McKaig Nevada City, California

I'm a singer-songwriter, guitarist, accordionist, composer, poet, essayist, playwright. Since 2009 I've led World music quartet Beaucoup Chapeaux. With my partner of 45 years Luke Wilson we raised two sons, made seven albums, and grown veggie gardens and fruit trees on five acres of never ceded land once occupied by the Nisenan Tribe near Nevada City, CA.
Photo by LeeAnn Brook.
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